Example - Floating car method The data collected from speed and delay studies by floating car method on a stretch of urban road of length 3.5 km, running North-South are given below. Determine the average values of volume, journey speed and running speed & SMS of the traffic stream along either direction. Trip No. 12345678 Direction of Journey time trip Min-Sec N-S S-N N-S S-N N-S S-N N-S S-N 6-32 7-14 6-50 7-40 6-10 8-00 6-28 7-30 Total stop delay Min-Sec 1-40 1-50 1-30 2-00 1-10 2-22 1-40 1-40 No. of vehicles overtaking 4552 M N N 3 3 2 2 No. of vehicle overtaken 5252T WEL 7 3 3 1 No. of vehicles from opposite direction 268 186 280 200 250 170 290 160
Example - Floating car method The data collected from speed and delay studies by floating car method on a stretch of urban road of length 3.5 km, running North-South are given below. Determine the average values of volume, journey speed and running speed & SMS of the traffic stream along either direction. Trip No. 12345678 Direction of Journey time trip Min-Sec N-S S-N N-S S-N N-S S-N N-S S-N 6-32 7-14 6-50 7-40 6-10 8-00 6-28 7-30 Total stop delay Min-Sec 1-40 1-50 1-30 2-00 1-10 2-22 1-40 1-40 No. of vehicles overtaking 4552 M N N 3 3 2 2 No. of vehicle overtaken 5252T WEL 7 3 3 1 No. of vehicles from opposite direction 268 186 280 200 250 170 290 160
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The data collected from speed and delay studies by floating car method on a stretch of urban road of length 3.5 km,
running North-South are given below. Determine the average values of volume, journey speed and running speed & SMS
of the traffic stream along either direction.
Trip Direction of Journey
trip
time
No.
1234S00
5
6
7
8
N-S
S-N
N-S
S-N
N-S
S-N
N-S
S-N
Total stop No. of
delay vehicles
Min-Sec Min-Sec overtaking
6-32
7-14
6-5
7-40
6-10
8-00
6-28
7-30
1-40
1-50
1-30
2-00
1-10
2-22
1-40
1-40
4552 M N N M
3
2
2
3
No. of
vehicle
overtaken
733L5252
1
No. of
vehicles from
opposite
direction
268
186
280
200
250
170
290
160
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